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The problem is that some fetchers are too specialist. Hooper's strong performance in Bled 2 was as much about ball running as it was about ruck work. With the shift in the way the game is being interpreted, selectors really need to consider the role carefully. It seems like we're still reacting...

Particularly against the Saffers, who play a different game at the ruck anyway.

Grumbles only lists likely starters. I'm guessing your bench prediction is not far off. That said, he's usually wrong on one or two of the starters. I'd say that Dennis has been slightly better than Higgers in the last two matches, but I'd still start the QLDer. He's more likely to have a...

I guess the incumbent stayed on for the plum role of coach selection.

Grumbles is reporting a likely team of: 1. Robbo 2. Moore 3. Alexander 4. Timani 5. Sharpe 6. Dennis 7. Hooper 8. Samo 9. Genia 10. Quade 11. Digby 12. Barnes 13. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 14. Shipps 15. Beale Some interesting ones there. When does the real team get announced?

Well, the ARU renewed Robbie's contract before the RWC, produces white-wash reviews, and has David Nucifora as its high-performance manager. So yeah, not sure they're the most competent people around. Contrast that with the Reds and Brumbies, both of which undertook significant reform off their...

What does this even mean? Mumm is gone, Douglas is a fringe Wallaby and the third, a typo (?) which I assume refers to Sitaleki Timani, seems quite silly given the man's recent performances for the Wallabies. While it would be nice to obtain a specialist lock, this seems one area in which the...

Good stuff. I love the bit about the lineouts. I wish I'd seen as few missed tackles as this bloke, though.

http://m.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/unwanted-white-opts-for-surgery-20120831-255kd.html If this is correct, one can only wonder whether the selectors watched any Super Rugby at all... My understanding previously was that White had to have surgery and therefore wasn't available for...

BH, I think you're probably right... But most of the teams people are proposing are what they'd like to see, not what they think will happen!

In all seriousness, though, that list at Fairfax is just appalling. I know this is off-topic, but rugby is the least of the casualties. The idea of democracy without a vibrant press is unknown territory. The Oz is in a similar state, propped up by the rest of News. We could be faced with a...

And he can use it to start his soon to be award-winning blog, The Pie Hunter. In 2014 he will sell it to The Huffington Post for $30 million and live off that thick, crunchy, buttery crust forever.

Daz, hate to break it to you, but you're not gonna be giving the pre-match speech.

32! I'd forgotten how old he was. Scratch that.

You'd think he'd be worth a look on the EOYT at least.

This is a good point, but I think Hooper could play 6 if need be.

Dennis is decent at the line-out and I'm thinking we actually need the 4:3 split thanks to injuries in the outside backs. My guess is that KB (Kurtley Beale) will recover his starting spot for that reason, which is poor, IMO. He should have to earn it back. My team would be: 1. Robinson 2. Moore 3. Slipper 4...

That seems a real possibility, although I would prefer Taps come off the bench.

Shocked that you would post in this one, Cheap Shot Guy. Shocked.

It's not that it was Samoa last year but Scotland this year too. Oh, and at Murrayfield. It's the litany of poor performances against low-ranked sides under Deans.